6/5/2017 to 6/13/2017

6/5/2017
Hello Everyone!

I have not sent a weekly letter for quite some time. We are doing alright here in Playa Del Carmen, we are still teaching The Guillen Solis Family and we hope that they get married soon and also get baptized, and they are doing great. I see a lot of potential in them.

This week I have been studying a lot about the Priesthood, What a wonderful thing it is to have Priesthood holders in our homes and the what a blessing it is to have the Priesthood to bless the lives of others as The Lord desires, I love that knowledge of that.

I decided to send a picture of Elder Aranda and I doing a practice in our home for his training, it was a fun little Idea and I think it worked well, we were just teaching together to a piece of paper with a face on it.

Thanks for the love and support


Elder Stabenow

                                                                                                                                                        

Teaching!

6/13/2017

Hello Everyone!

At the beginning of the week we had our Generation Meeting so we got to go back up to Cancún and have a Meeting with our Mission President. It was really good and it was fun to see a lot of other missionaries. When we were leaving the mission office to go back to Playa Del Carmen I hugged my ex-companion Elder Kenison and realized that it was going to be my last time seeing him in the mission. He will be going back to Utah on the 18th of this month.


 In this ward I really love the members here, they are really good people and are willing to help us in the Work, we will be definitely working a lot with the members in the following weeks to find more people to teach.


Sorry for not having to much to say about the week!

Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow and Elder Kennison

Week 84 Skype with the family!

Elder Stabenow Skyping with the family!  What a great time!!

My new area is Playa 1 in the Ward Playa Del Carmen and my new companion is Elder Aranda who is just starting his mission! 

At the first of the week we were walking quite a bit and we were struggling to find people to teach and also learn the area, but I learned that the lord does help us to be able to complete our Goals, One goal for Training is that the new missionary invites an investigator to be baptized in the first week. I was a little worried about that goal because of the lack of investigators but we had to stick to it to the end, which was literally Sunday, 8:00 pm, and we were able to have a lesson, gain 3 new investigators and my companion was able to invite them to baptism that was a good highlight of the week.

I must say that my last skype call was the best one that I have had in the mission! I felt so happy and motivated after talking with my family!

Have a great week!


Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow and Elder Aranda

Transferred!

Hello!

Just to let you know that I am going to be transferred to the City of Playa Del Carmen that is a little south of Cancún in the Ward Playa, and I am going to be training a new Missionary! I am so excited to have a second Son! 
Today we were able to go to El Meco! A mayan ruin that is in Cancún it was fairly small but it was a fun trip to make with all the other secretaries.I am very excited to have these new adventures that are coming up soon!

Elder Stabenow

Elder Stabenow at El Meco!

Week 82

At the beginning of the week my companion got a Stomach Infection and on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we stayed in the house and my companion slept they whole time. But it was good I read a lot of the Book of Mormon, so it was a productive time!


This week the Moo Pool family gave us a referral and now we are teaching Brother Miguel´s Cousin! That was fun too see! We do have some people that can be baptized very soon, so with some miracles we could have a baptism soon!

This next week will be transfers so we will see what will happen with me! Have a great week!

Elder Stabenow

Outside Elder Stabenow's Apartment

Birthday Week!! Elder Stabenow is 20!

Thanks so much to everyone that wished me a happy birthday!

It was a really fun day for me, it was a lot better than my last one.😉

The other secretaries gave me a cake in the morning and for the afternoon we went to eat at a members home. The Member knew it was my birthday and cooked something special for me. She made me Lasagna! It was so good! And later that night another sister with the same birthday as mine gave us a pizza to eat.

It was a really fun week and we have had a lot of rain this last week. It has been really nice to have a break from all the heat. Thanks for making it a great birthday week!

Pinatas!

Dear Family!

Elder Kennison and Stabenow with Pres and Sister Reynoso:)   

Elder and Sister Reynoso with their pinatas!
 

And Elder having fun with the Pinata!

The week went well. We are starting to find some new investigators and it´s been an exciting week. On Tuesday the leaders of the mission had a meeting and we had some piñatas made for Sister Reynoso. It was a really funny time and we all enjoyed it a lot. 

FHE!

Things are going alright in Tumben Cuxtal, we are finding new people and we have been working a lot with the New initiative from the Church. We have done several Family Home Evenings and we could feel the Spirit so strong watching the main video and the Videos of Principles about peace. Have a Great Week!

Elder Stabenow

Enrique got Baptized!

Hermano Enrique got Baptized!